Supplementation of seasonal natural resources with year‐round anthropogenic resources by coyotes in natural fragments within a high‐density urban area
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Coyotes Canis latrans in urban landscapes provide important food web functions and ecological services but can also trigger human-wildlife conflict when their diet includes anthropogenic resources or domestic pets. As adaptable omnivores, coyotes adjust to environment, routinely switching among items accommodate spatial seasonal differences availability. To evaluate the coyote's potential impacts within of Long Beach, California where involving may occur, we analyzed 115 scat samples collected once every two weeks from four open space fragments inside matrix. We hypothesized that composition would correlate with site differences, greater use during dry season supplementing lower prey availability, consumption wild mammal wet fruiting plants are less abundant. found coyote was predominately composed natural vegetation year-round, variation. Mammals made up more than dry, while invertebrates were prevalent scats. relied on rabbits as main year-round across all sites. Domestic cats Felis catus third most common individual species scats, occurring 14% both seasons. supplemented seasonally available sources resources, which occurred 13% scats overall no significant While appeared sites, occurrence invertebrates, small mammals, varied between there is a for feral cats, be providing an service by reducing habitat fragments.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Wildlife Biology
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1903-220X', '0909-6396']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01095